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Whirlpool Makes the Case for Onsite Wind Power: Q&A with Ron Voglewede

August 16, 2019May 11, 2020 by Alyssa Danigelis

Ron Voglewede, Whirlpool’s global sustainability leader, discusses why adding onsite wind generation to the American manufacturer’s Midwestern factories makes sense for the business.

What 50 Years of Responsibility Looks Like: Q&A with Whirlpool’s Sustainability Head

April 23, 2019July 29, 2020 by Jennifer Nastu

Whirlpool Corporation announced earlier this month that 2019 is the 50th anniversary of its sustainability commitment. As far back as 1969, the company’s CEO talked about how programs to reduce Whirlpool’s impact on the environment had already proven to be a smart investment in the company’s future. We caught up ... Read more »

Major Companies Envision a Clean Energy Boom in Ohio

June 8, 2018April 5, 2022 by Alyssa Danigelis

A renewable energy boom in Ohio is all but inevitable, according to a new report that has support from major companies like Walmart, Procter & Gamble, and Owens Corning.

How Whirlpool’s Critical Materials Management Improves Product Transparency, Traceability

February 6, 2017December 29, 2022 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Whirlpool says its Critical Materials Management program will help it achieve 90 percent full material transparency on all new parts of Whirlpool appliances by 2020.

EPA Freight Industry Award Winners Revealed

October 14, 2015April 20, 2022 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

The EPA has announced the 2015 winners of the SmartWay Excellence Awards for retailers, manufacturers and logistics companies. The awards honors the top performing SmartWay partner companies that demonstrate how businesses can shrink their carbon footprints and contribute to healthier air all while saving on fuel costs as they move ... Read more »

Wind Offsets 22% of Whirlpool Factory Energy Needs

January 29, 2015 by Linda Hardesty

Whirlpool Corporation will use wind energy to help power its manufacturing facility in Findlay, Ohio. The $18 million Findlay Wind Farm is financed by Findlay-based One Energy, which will also oversee construction of the project. The wind farm will be comprised of five wind turbines erected on 70 acres, which One Energy ... Read more »

KB Home Debuts Water, Energy-Efficient ‘Double ZeroHouse’

October 6, 2014October 3, 2014 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

KB Home has built a “Double ZeroHouse,” designed to achieve net-zero energy usage and conserve as much as 70 percent of the freshwater that would traditionally be used in a typical resale home, in California. The house, at KB Home’s Fiora at Blackstone community in El Dorado Hills, includes renewable ... Read more »

Whirlpool Launches Refrigerator Water Filter Recycling Program

October 1, 2014September 30, 2014 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Whirlpool has launched a recycling initiative that aims to keep used refrigerator water filters out of landfills. Through the company’s Refresh & Recycle water filter recycling program, in partnership with recycling company g2 revolution, filters are transformed into concrete aggregate used to build roads and other concrete structures. Whirlpool recommends ... Read more »

56 Water Treatment Devices Certified to NSF Standard

September 5, 2014January 30, 2017 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

NSF International has certified 56 products to the first American National Standard that validates the effectiveness of water treatment devices that are designed to reduce trace levels of emerging contaminants in drinking water. The standard, NSF/ANSI 401: Drinking Water Treatment Units — Emerging Compounds/Incidental Contaminants, addresses the ability of a ... Read more »

Tech Alliance Seeks Smart Device Communication Standards

July 9, 2014 by Ken Jennison

Samsung, Intel and Dell have teamed up to create standard ways for household devices such as thermostats and light bulbs to communicate with each other, according to Reuters. The group, called the Open Interconnect Consortium, includes chipmakers Broadcom and Atmel and was announced July 7. The consortium is similar to ... Read more »

Whirlpool Partners with Honeywell on Low-Global-Warming Insulation

January 23, 2014March 12, 2020 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Whirlpool is using Honeywell’s low-global-warming potential (GWP) foam blowing agent in insulation in its US-made refrigerators and freezers. The GWP of Honeywell’s Solstice Liquid Blowing Agent is 99 percent lower than 245fa, the most common foam blowing agent widely used within the US industry. Honeywell’s foam blowing agent has a GWP ... Read more »

Controversial Ohio Energy Efficiency Bill Gets Rewritten

November 22, 2013March 23, 2022 by Linda Hardesty

Ohio legislators were supposed to vote this week on Senate Bill 58 to change energy efficiency mandates and renewable energy requirements, but Ohio Republican Sen. William Seitz, chairman of the Senate Public Utilities Committee and lead sponsor of the bill, abruptly cancelled the committee’s scheduled Wednesday meeting, reports The Plain ... Read more »

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